Next Big Future February 17, 2018
According to the IISS 2018 Military Balance, annual assessment of the military capabilities and defense economics of 171 countries, the West no longer has a monopoly on world-leading defense innovation and production or the funds to enable these. Indeed, China might be the one to leap ahead. For the past three decades, air dominance has been a key advantage for the US and its allies. This can no longer be assumed. The availability of affordable and competitive military technology will also be exported to other countries…read more.